Welcome to Medicare

Newly eligible for Medicare

If you're turning 65, welcome, the time has come for you to begin your Medicare journey.

We're here to help. Let Geisinger help you with the information and tools provided below.

Happy birthday and congrats on retirement!

If you’re ready to retire once you turn 65, your eligibility for Medicare occurs over a seven-month period known as the Initial Enrollment Period. This period begins three months before you turn 65 and lasts three months after you turn 65. During this time you can sign up for Medicare Part A and/or Part B (Original Medicare).

If you are retired and are signed up for Social Security benefits or Railroad Retirement Benefits, you will be automatically enrolled in Medicare Parts A and B beginning the first day of the month in which you turn 65. If you have not yet received Social Security benefits, you should sign up for Medicare.

It's important to know that you may incur a late enrollment penalty if you don’t sign up for Medicare Part B when you first become eligible.

Create your personalized timeline

Learn what steps in your Medicare journey to take and when you should be taking them.